Best element plugins for WordPress
The most popular element plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Equal Height Columns leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Ultimate Bootstrap Elements for Elementor (6K+) and Developer Tools Blocker (400+). All 8 plugins tagged “element” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 element plugins
- 1.
Equal Height ColumnsThe most installed element plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 41 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Ultimate Bootstrap Elements for Elementor6K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
Developer Tools Blocker400+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 15 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 4.
Measuring Ruler40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 5.
Buttons Widget30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 6.
Neptune Style Element10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago.
- 7.WPBlocks
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 8.Tag to Link / Element to a
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
All 8 plugins tagged “element”

Equal Height Columns
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,924by MIGHTYminnow8 months ago
Easily equalize the height of columns or any collection of elements.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(41)
- Downloads
- 25/day

Ultimate Bootstrap Elements for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,846by g5theme1 year ago
Completely plugins Ultimate Bootstrap Elements for Elementor. Enhance your Elementor page building experience with Bootstrap Components and many other …
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 35/day

Developer Tools Blocker
Up in the last 7 days:6#9,805by SwiftNinjaPro4 years ago
This plugin blocks non-admin users from using inspect element, while still allowing access those with manage_options permission.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.2(15)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Measuring Ruler
#22,023by ankilov19545 years ago
The plugin is designed to measure the height, width and margin of page elements during the preview when editing. It also shows the absolute and relati …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Buttons Widget
Down in the last 7 days:268#24,696by fullelementor6 years ago
Buton wigets editor with high-quality beautiful WordPress blocks.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Neptune Style Element
Up in the last 7 days:180#29,579by neptunetheme.com8 years ago
Stable tag: 1.0 License: GPLv2 or later Customize any element with support for live preview in the Customizer.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPBlocks
Up in the last 7 days:96#31,996by hzlateska8 years ago
A collection of additional, beautifully designed blocks for Gutenberg editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tag to Link / Element to a
#48,449by Mathieu Chartier7 years ago
"Tag to Link" permet de transformer toute balise HTML en lien pour favoriser le PageRank Sculpting / Plugin used to transform any HTML Tag i …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day